hey bonjoy!
in sheffield lib dem and labour are level pegging (in the local councillor stakes)
"In Sheffield, there are 84 elected Councillors. There are three Councillors for each of the 28 Wards in the City. No Party has overall control and the political balance of the Council is:
Labour 39
Liberal Democrats 39
Green Party 2
Conservatives 1
Independent 1
2 vacancies caused by resignations on 26th March 2008"
The lib dem message is, if you are fed up of labour - get rid of them by voting lib dem (all this locally of course!) - there is something to be said for sending a message to government by labour losing a seat BUT - what's this got to do with local issues and council tax and stuff?
I guess it isn't just labour responsible for the the shortcomings of the current council if power has been shared.
I do think that green votes have made the lib dems put more green stuff on their agenda.
The level of effort from the lib dems makes me want to think that they might be really pro-active councillors - but the cynic in me wonders if the effort levels will be maintained if/when they get voted in.
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